Tag: Monsoon

Rains shower misery on countrymen, kill 36

The late monsoon spell that has been lashing the country for the last several days continued to rain down misery on hapless citizens on...

Monsoon hits parts of country, 15 killed

Monsoon rains hit different parts of the country causing 15 deaths in rain-related accidents Wednesday while heavy rainfall was reported in areas including Karachi,...

Widespread monsoon rains predicted from Thursday

Widespread monsoon rains with scattered heavy downpours are predicted in various parts of the country from Thursday to Sunday. According to Advisory issued by the...

Indian parliament headed for monsoon washout

India’s parliament was adjourned for the ninth consecutive day on Monday due to protests by the opposition that show no sign of abating in...

Chenab flowing in low flood

The Chenab River was on Sunday flowing in a low flood with a rising trend in Khanki-Qadirabad Reach whereas the Kabul River was in...

Slum dwellers blame CDA for lack of facilities

The slum dwellers (katchi abadis) in the federal capital, mostly inhabited by sanitary workers, are without basic civic facilities. These abadis are clusters of...

New spell of monsoon rains from today

Met Office has predicted a new spell of monsoon rains in the country from today (Monday). According to details provided by the Met Office, monsoon...

Heavy downpour expected on Eid day

The met office on Sunday forecasted heavy rainfall in the provincial capital. The met office announced that monsoon clouds will enter Pakistan through India...

9m saplings to be planted in monsoon campaign

Sindh forest department has set the target of plantation of 9 million saplings during the monsoon tree plantation campaign 2012 with active participation of...

Cashing in on the monsoon

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) would plant 500,000 saplings during the monsoon plantation campaign. This was announced by CDA Chairman Engineer Farkhand Iqbal while...

More rains predicted for today

Monsoon has set in motion its usual set of practices; heavy rains, roofs collapsing, outbreak of various diseases, and the most devastating of them...

HEAVY RAIN BRINGS HAPPINESS AND MISERY

There are reports of heavy rainfall in Rawalpindi division‚ Islamabad and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. A Met office spokesman told Radio Pakistan...

WITH MONSOON COMES MISERY

The first monsoon rains on Saturday brought a much needed respite to the citizens who have been fasting in the sweltering month of August....

Summer, summer go away, come again another day

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Director General Arif Mahmood on Sunday indicated the chances of another rain spell of monsoon season in various parts of...

DC directs plan for cleanliness during monsoon

Hyderabad Deputy Commissioner Agha Shahnawaz Babar has directed all the taluka municipal administrations to prepare a contingency plan for cleanliness during the monsoon rainfall...

When justice and fair play go down the drain

While monsoon is considered a blessing by many, it comes as a death warrant for those who are assigned to clean the city’s choked...

Monsoon spell to continue

The Meteorological Department has announced on Saturday that more showers are expected in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Kashmir. Heavy rains are expected in...